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JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 279 terian church of Steubenville. He is a member of the G. A. R., and in politics he is a republican. John Loomer, a retail grocer of Steubenville, and a highly respected citizen, was born in Clarion county, Penn., October 8, 1850. His parents, Seibold and Mary Loomer, were born, reared and married in Germany, and with their three eldest children emigrated to America, in about 1840, and shortly afterward located near the village of Freiburg, Clarion county, Penn., where both spent the remainder of their lives. His father was a millwright by trade, but he also gave some attention to farming. He had nine children who reached maturity, eight of whom are still living. John Loomer spent his boyhood at his native place, laboring upon his father's farm. In May, 1864, before his fourteenth birthday, he entered the military service as a substitute in Company F, Eighty-ninth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, but in the following fall he was transferred to Company D, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania, with which he served until the end of the war. He received three wounds at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., but fortunately none of them proved of serious character. He was honorably discharged at Meadville, Penn., May 12, 1865, having been mustered out at Baltimore, Md., a few days previous. Returning home he spent one summer on the farm, and for two years following this he was variously employed at different points in Pennsylvania and in Virginia. Finally, in February, 1867, he came to Jefferson county, and after a year's residence in Brilliant removed to Steubenville, where he has since resided. Here he followed teaming about two years, and then entered the employ of the Jefferson Iron Works, where he remained ab0ut seven years. For one year after this he was a member of the police force. In May, 1883, he engaged in the grocery business, to which he has since given his attention with gratifying results. Mr. Loomer was married March 2, 1873, to Melissa, daughter of Samuel and Achsa (Stroud) Spencer, the former a native of Belmont county, and the latter of Jefferson county, Ohio, both now deceased. Mrs. Loomer was born at Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs. Loomer have one child, Samuel S., born March 21, 1874. Mr. Loomer is a member of the K. of P., and in politics he is a democrat. In the spring of 1888, he was the candidate of his party for the office of township clerk, and though defeated he succeeded in reducing the opposing majority from over 500 to eighty- two, which is evidence of his popularity and high standing as a citizen. He is a reliable and successful business man, and he and wife are highly respected. Prof. Abraham M. Lyons, principal of the Fourth ward grammar school, of Steubenville, was born in Island Creek township, near Toronto, Jefferson county, September 8, 1852. His parents, James and Hannah R. (Markle) Lyons, were also natives of that township. The father was born August 12, 1817, on the same farm upon which his son was born, and the mother was born about two miles from the Lyons homestead, June 17, 1816. James Lyons was the son of James and Rachel J. (Lowther) Lyons, and his second wife, the mother of 280 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Prof. Lyons, was the daughter of Abraham and Sarah J. Markle, and both families were among the first settlers of Island Creek township, the Lyons, Markles and Lowthers all having located there about the same time. The first wife of James Lyons was Mary McCamis, who bore to him three sons, of whom one is now living. His second wife bore to him seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the fourth, of whom three were sons, and of whom six are now living. The father died September 18, 1884, upon the old Lyons homestead, where his widow still resides. Prof. Lyons spent his boyhood and youth upon the farm, devoting the winters to the district school. After he was sixteen years of age he attended a select school at Toronto, taught by Rev. William Hastings, during two terms of six months each. In the fall of 1872 he entered Adrian college, at Adrian, Mich. After one year's attendance, in the fall of 1873 he took up his present vocation, teaching his first term in Hancock county, W. Va. He then taught for three years in Toronto., his object being to secure means with which to complete his collegiate, course. In 1877 he reentered Adrian college and attended it three years, after which he again taught school one year in Toronto. In 1881-2 he completed a full classical course at Adrian college, graduating in June, 1882. During his last two years at college he also completed a full course in the normal department. In the fall of 1882 he entered upon his duties as principal of the Fourth ward grammar school in Steubenville, and he is now engaged upon his eighth year's work in that position. Prof. Lyons was married August 9, 1883, to Ella, daughter of James and Eliza McConnell, of Toronto. She was born in Hancock county, W. Va. Prof. Lyons and wife have one child, Frank B., born February 24, 1885. They are members of the Methodist Protestant church. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, and in politics is a republican. Thomas McCauslen, a prominent citizen and attorney, who began the practice of the law half a century ago, was born in Jefferson county, March 16, 1819. His grandfather, of Irish descent, was one of the early settlers of the county, removing here from Pennsylvania. William C. McCauslen, father of Thomas, was born in Jefferson county in 1792. He was prominent as a politician, was a member of the Ohio legislature for several terms, and served one term in the United States congress. He died about 1862. Thomas McCauslen was educated at the Grove academy, at Steubenville, and afterward followed milling and gardening. Subsequently, he began the study of law with Stanton & McCook, of Steubenville, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He began the practice at West Union, Adams county, Ohio, where he remained about twelve years, during that period serving as prosecuting attorney two terms. He was afterward a resident of Portsmouth for a number of years, c0ming from there to Steubenville in April, 1865. He practiced until 1882, when he retired, but his son carried on the business under the name of McCauslen & McCauslen. Mr. McCauslen was married in 1851 to Mary J. Sparks, who was born at West Union, in 1829, the daughter of John and Sarah JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 281 (Sinton) Sparks. Her father came to Adams county at an early day and was one of the founders of the first blast furnace in Ohio. He died in 1848. His wife, a native of Ireland, died in 1832. Mr. and Mrs. McCauslen have eight children: Sarah B., Jennie, William, Edwin, George, Clara, Thomas and Mary. Mr. McCauslen is a democrat in politics, and cast his first vote for James K. Polk. He represented Adams, Scioto and Pike counties in the state senate, one term. William S. McCauslen, a well-known attorney of Steubenville, was born at the village of West Union, Adams county, Ohio, January 26, 1857. He is the son of Thomas and Mary J. McCauslen, the former of whom practiced law in the state of Ohio, forty years, and both of whom reside two miles west of Steubenville. When the subject of this sketch was a child, his parents removed to Portsmouth, Scioto county, Ohio, and when he was seven years old they removed from that place to Steubenville, and a few months later located on a farm two miles west of that city, where the father and mother still reside, and where William spent his youth. He received his early education in a district school, and at sixteen, entered the high school of Steubenville, which he attended four years, graduating June 17, 1877. He then began the study of law with his father, and the latter's partner, Judge Robert Martin. He was admitted to the the bar June 17, 1879, after which he continued in the office of his father and Mr. Martin until August 12, 1880, when the firm of McCauslen & Martin was dissolved and the latter was succeeded by the subject of this sketch. The firm of McClauslen & McClauslen has continued ever since, but owing to the impaired state of the father's health, the lentire business of the firm is transacted by William, who has shown himself to possess much ability as a lawyer, and who is in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice. He is a member of the K. of P. order, and politically he is a democrat. He takes an active part in local politics, and has been the recipient of many honors at the hands of his party. Upon the solicitation of his friends he once accepted his party's nomination for the office of prosecuting attorney, and at another time he accepted a nomination for the office of mayor of Steubenville. Though defeated both times on account of the overwhelming republican majorities, he each time made a good race and developed much strength. While yet a very young man he began to participate in the political campaigns as a stump speaker, and he has kept this up ever since, possessing much ability as a political orator. John McClinton (deceased) , formerly a prominent nail manufacturer and wealthy citizen of Steubenville, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, July 2, 1814. While he was a small child his parents emigrated to America and located near the Ohio river, about eight miles from Pittsburgh. His father, William McClinton, died in Beaver county, Penn., January 7, 1869. His wife had died many years previous. In his youth, John McClinton went to Pittsburgh and learned the trade of a nailer, and his whole life was given to that occupation, either in the employ of another firm or a member of his own. In 1851, he be- 282 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. came one of the founders and proprietors of the La Belle Iron Works of Wheeling, W. Va., and he continued as one of its owners until his death. In 1859 he, together with the other proprietors of the La Belle Iron Works, purchased the Jefferson Iron Works of Steubenville, and Mr. McClinton was largely interested in this latter plant also. Shortly after the purchase, he removed from Allegheny City to Steubenville, and from that time until about three years before he died he was connected with the establishment mentioned above. For many years he was a director in both the La Belle and Jefferson works. Mr. McClinton was married in March, 1852, to Margaret, daughter of William and Rosanna Nesbit. She was born in Butler county, Penn., March 20, 1824. Her parents were both natives of Ireland, but they were married in this country. Her father died shortly before she was married, but her mother lived until about 1879. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McClinton resulted in the birth of six children: William H., Annie M., George A., John E., Samuel N. and Charles F., all living except George A., who died in his fifth year. Mr. McClinton died May 27, 1882. His widow still occupies the old homestead on South Fourth street, to which the family moved in April, 1865. Her husband was one of Steubenville's most substantial men, and no one of her citizens was more highly respected or esteemed. Mrs. McClinton also is highly regarded, and has a large circle of friends. Col. George W. McCook was a member of the family that achieved a reputation both in military and civil life, and which will occupy a place in our country's history accorded to but few. He was the son of Daniel McCook, and was born in Cannonsburg, Penn., July 21, 1822. When quite young his father removed to Columbiana county, Ohi0, where they remained until George was nine years old, when the family removed to Carroll county. While living here he attended college at New Athens, Ohio, and determined upon adopting the legal profession. At the close of his collegiate career he studied law in the office of Edwin M. Stanton, and being admitted to practice by the supreme court of the state then sitting in Trumbull county, he became a partner with his preceptor, Mr. Stanton, in 1843. Together with his profession he soon became active as a politician and was a prominent member of the democratic party, taking an influential part in the affairs of that organization, which he retained until his death. With the outbreak of the Mexican war a company of volunteers was formed in Steubenville called the greys. This company was organized about the middle of May, 1846, by electing George W. McCook, then a rising young lawyer, as captain. On May 27 the company left for Camp Washington at Cincinnati, where it became Company I of the Third Ohio infantry. Samuel R. Curtiss was made colonel, and Captain McCook promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy. About six weeks before the return of the regiment, Col. Curtiss was made inspector general, and Col. McCook placed in full command. On July 3, 1846, the regiment left Cincinnati for New Orleans, and thence for Texas, crossing the border at Fort Brown into Mexico, where they lay six months at Camp McCook. From thence they went to Matamoras, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 283 and soon after Lieut.-Col. McCook, with three companies, was detailed to relieve Col. Morgan's regiment at the front, which they accomplished after one of the hardest marches of the war. After that they went to Monterey and Buena Vista, and from thence home, being mustered out on July 3, 1847. On his return Col. McCook resumed his partnership with Mr. Stanton, and in 1852 was supreme court reporter, preparing the report for that year. He was elected attorney-general in the fall of 1853, by a large majority: He was a candidate for re-election in 1858, but was defeated by the republican candidate. A considerable part of Col. McCook's law practice was connected with the affairs of the Steubenville & Indiana railroad company, and in 1859 he made a visit to Europe to make arrangements with the first mortgage bond-holders of the road, in which trip he was successful. With the outbreak of the rebellion Col. McCook was appointed by Gov. Dennison one of the four officers to look after the interests of the Ohio troops. He took charge of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio infantry, until Col. Smith could be released from the regular army to assume command, and in 1863 was colonel of the Thirty-ninth Ohio National Guards, which afterward became the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Ohio National Guards, and was part of the hundred day troops, engaged in guarding rebel prisoners at Fort Delaware. They returned home in September, 1864. For years before his death Col. McCook was a leader in democratic party politics in Ohio, being generally the chairman 0f the state delegation in their national conventions. He nominated John C. Breckenridge in the Cincinnati convention of 1856, for vice-president on the ticket with James Buchanan, and at the New York convention of 1868, he nominated Horatio Seymour for the presidency. He was the democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 1871, defeating in convention Thomas Ewing and Durbin Ward, but was himself defeated at the polls by Gen. E. F. Noyes, the republican candidate. During this campaign he was attacked by disease of the brain, which compelled him to withdraw from the canvass, and after that he took little active part in politics, living quietly at his home in Steubenville. He died in New York on Friday, December 28, 1877, leaving three chil- dren, George W. McCook, Jr., Hetty B. and Robert McCook. His wife, Miss Dick, who was an adopted daughter of Rev. C. C. Beaty, died in 1863. His funeral was one of the largest ever in Steubenville, and by his liberality and generosity as a citizen, he had w0n a place in the hearts of the people not easy to be effaced. Col. McCook's father was Major Daniel McCook, paymaster in the United States army, who was killed at Buffington Island during the Morgan raid in 1863. George was the second son, the eldest being Latimer, who died some five years ago in the west. The next brother is Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook, senior aid de camp of Gen. Sherman's staff. The next brother was the lamented Gen. Robert McCook, who was assassinated by rebels in Tennessee in-1863. The fifth brother was Gen. Daniel McCook, who fell, far to the front, with his face to the foe, in the terrible assault at Kenesaw Mountain, July 18, 284 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. 1864. The sixth brother was Gen. Ed. McCook, who was assaulted by Wintermute in Yankton, Dak. The seventh was Charley McCook, . killed at the first battle of Bull's Run. The eighth is Capt. John J. McCook, a well known attorney of New York city. There are two sisters still living, Mrs. Mary Baldwin, of this city, and Mrs. Dr. Curtis, of New York. Col. McCook was married to Miss Dick, an adopted daughter of Rev. Dr. C. C. Beatty, of this city, who died in 1863. He leaves three children: George McCook, Hettie Beatty McCook, and Robert McCook. The loss of Col. McCook, as we have said, was profoundly felt in Steubenville. Of generous heart, rare social attractions, and large wealth of intellectual culture, his is a loss that no common period of time can replace. In virtue of his scholarly attainments he, a few years ago, received the title of LL. D. from his alma mater. Dr. James B. McCullough, an able and scholarly physician of Steubenville, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, June 22, 1832. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah. (Lyons) McCullough, the former a native of Beaver county, Penn., and the latter ,a native of Ohio. His father was born February 7, 1795, and was the son 0f J0hn and Esther (Gambel) McCullough, who were born, reared and married in Scotland, and on emigrating to America they located in Beaver county, Penn. In 1812, when their son, Joseph McCullough, was seventeen years of age, they removed to the state of Ohio, and located in Harrison county in which both spent the rest of their lives. The f0rmer was a lawyer by profession, and he served as the first circuit judge in southeastern Ohio. The father of our subject served in the war of 1812, and throughout his life he followed the vocation of a farmer, residing on the same farm in Harrison county, Ohio, from the time he was eighteen years of age until the time of his death in 18707 His mother died when he was but three years and a half old. He was reared to the age of fifteen on the old homestead. At that age he entered Franklin college, of New Athens, Ohio, which he attended four years, completing the junior year. After this he taught one term of school, and while thus engaged he devoted his spare time to the study of medicine. He completed a course in the Cleveland medical college, in 1853, and at once entered upon the practice of medicine at Franklin, Harrison county Ohio. In 1863 he removed to Carrolton, Carroll county. In 1873 he removed t0 Steubenville, Ohio, of which city he is now a prominent and successful physician. Dr. McCullough was married October 5, 1854, to Martha M. Megaw, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gault) Megaw, who were natives 0f Westmoreland county, Penn., but located in Harrison county, Ohio, in an early day and remained there until their deaths. Mrs. McCullough was born in Harrison county, Ohio. The marriage of the doctor has resulted in the birth of two children as follows: Dr. Joseph A. McCullough, who graduated from the Cleveland medical college, in 1878, and is at present associated with his father medicine, other is James V. McCullough, who is a dry goods merchant of Steubenville. Dr. McCullough and wife are members of the Presbyterian church. The former is a member of the Knights of Honor, and politic- JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 285 ally he is a republican. He is eminently successful in the practice of medicine and has a rank among the leading physicians of the state. Dr. Joseph A. McCullough, the elder son of the above, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, December 14, 1855. His early education was obtained in private schools, and later on he entered the high school of Massilon, Ohio, in which he completed a full course, graduating at seventeen years of age. For some three or f0ur years f0ll0wing this he was employed as clerk in a drug store, chiefly in Steubenville, and at the same time he devoted his spare time to the study of medicine. In the fall of 1876, he entered the Cleveland medical college, and graduated as has already been stated, in 1878. Immediately after his graduation he was appointed to the position of resident physician and surgeon to the Cleveland city hospital, and held it eighteen months. He then located in Steubenville, and he has since been associated in the practice of medicine with his father. He was married October 29, 1885, to Miss Mary Beatty, daughter of Joseph Beatty, formerly a well- known citizen of Steubenville. The doctor is a republican in politics. He is a successful physician and in possession of a lucrative practice. Henry Hunter McFadden, of the firm of McFadden & Hunter, editors and proprietors of the Steubenville Daily and Weekly Gazette, was born at Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, August 13, 1848, the second son of Henry Stafford McFadden and Frances Isabella (Poore) McFadden. His father, H. S. McFadden, was born at Cootehill, county Cavan, Ireland, in 1813. He was the son 0f Samuel and Lydia (Stafford) McFadden, and grandson of George and Isabella (McIntosh) McFadden. In 1820, Samuel and Lydia, with their family, came to America, and settled at Philadelphia, removing in 1831 to Cadiz, where, with his son, Henry, he opened a general store. Samuel McFadden died in 1861, but the business, which had grown to extensive proportions, was continued by Henry until 1875, when he retired. For years this house was the heaviest wool-buying and pork packing establishment in the county besides always taking the lead in general merchandise. The name of McFadden, through his high sense of commercial honor, became a synonym for integrity and trustworthiness. From the start of the Harrison branch of the Ohio state bank, H. S. McFadden was one of its strongest backers, and for years he was a director, retaining that position until the bank was reorganized under the national banking act in 1864. Of this institution, whose phenomenal prosperity has become familiar, he was director until his death, July 4, 1888, and for a long period vice president. Henry S. McFadden was a man of remarkable intelligence and wide reading, although his early education was of the simplest description, his business ability was unquestioned, his integrity was unspotted, and, as a Christian gentleman, he led a blameless life. On December 6, 1842, he was married to Frances Isabella, daughter of Charles M. and Elizabeth (Carg) Poore. She came with her mother from her native county of York, Penn., where her father died in 1831, to McConnellsville, Ohio, where she was married. She was the ninth of eleven children of her parents, and was born December 29, 1820. She is now 286 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. residing at Cadiz. Her father, son of John and Sarah (Folsom) Poore, was born July 14, 1782, at Greenland, Rockingham county N. H., and was brought by his parents to Pennsylvania about 1785. He was a descendant (H. H. McFadden being in the eighth generation) of John Poore, who emigrated from Wiltshire, England, in 1635, and settled at Newbury, Mass. Henry Hunter McFadden received a common school education at Cadiz, and then took a commercial course in the Quaker City college, Penn. In 1864 he began clerking in his father's store at Cadiz, being then sixteen years old, and two years later he was admitted to a partnership. This he retained until 1875, the business done by the house during that period being the largest in the history of the county. In 1875 he left mercantile pursuits, and in partnership with his cousin, W. H. Hunter, purchased the Steubenville Gazette, which they have conducted since as j0int editors and proprietors. In this pursuit he has achieved distinction as a writer and business manager, and he has contributed in no small degree to the enviable position which the Gazette holds in Ohio journalism. Though his life has been principally devoted to business, he has given considerable time to politics, being a democrat from conviction, and a friend of that party through good and evil report. In 1887 he was the party's candidate for representative. Since 1887 he has been a member 'of the board of state charities. Mr. McFadden was married January 13, 1872, to Sarah O., daughter of John and Mary (Osborn) Craig, of Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, who died September 7th of the same year. February 16, 1876, he was married to Emma Annette, daughter of John and Agnes (Vincent) Beall, of Cadiz, Ohio, and they have two bright boys, Charles Paul, born December 2, 1876, and Henry Earle, born March 16, 1882. David McGowan, a prominent business man of Steubenville, Ohio, and a member of the wholesale grocery firm of McGowan Brothers, was born in Steubenville, January 17, 1838. He was the son of David and Mary M. (Reed) McGowan, the former of whom was born in county Down, Ireland, in the year 1799, of Scotch-Irish descent, and was the son of William McGowan, with whom he came to America in 1814. After a brief residence in the city of New York, they came directly to Jefferson county, Ohio, and located in Salem township. William McGowan had previously made a trip to America, but, owing to his inability to make proper disposition of his property interests in Ireland, he did not remain. That was in about the year 1790. Before coming to America in 1814, he had been a merchant by occupation, but after locating in Jefferson county, Ohio, he turned his attention to farming, and followed it until his death, which, however, was only a short time, as he lived only a few years after locating in Salem township, His son, David McGowan, wh0 became the father of our subject, spent his youth in Salem township, Jefferson county, Ohio, and in Washington county, Penn., being ,employed during the time, at farm work. He was married in about 1826, to Mary M. Reed, and shortly after located in Steubenville, Ohio, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1828, he engaged in the grocery business, and he did a JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 287 business of that kind in Steubenville about forty-five years. He was a devoted member of the United Presbyterian church, and in his late years, he was an ardent republican, being an intimate friend of Edwin M. Stanton. He died in July, 1873. The mother of our subject was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1802, and was the daughter of Robert Reed. She resided in her native county until her marriage to Mr. McGowan, and after that, spent the rest of her life in Steubenville, Ohio. She bore to her husband seven children, of whom our subject was the fifth, and of whom five are still living. She died in May, 1866. She also was a member of the United Presbyterian church. The son, David McGowan, whose name precedes this history, has spent his entire life, thus far, in Steubenville. He received his early education in the public schools of the city, and also in a private academy, a school that formerly existed. At eighteen, he began to learn the jeweler's trade, and served an apprenticeship of three years. He then entered the wholesale and retail grocery store owned by his father, as a clerk, and book-keeper. In 1864, he became the partner of his father, and his brother William McGowan, also became a member of the firm about the same time. The firm under the name of McGowan & Sons, continued until July, 1873, when it was terminated . by the father's death. About six weeks following his death, his brother William also died, leaving him as the only surviving member of the firm. In the following fall, his brother, Robert McGowan, became his partner, and the firm, under the name of McGowan Br0thers has done an extensive wholesale grocery business ever since. It has built up a large trade, and no firm in the Ohio valley has a more honorable reputation. Mr. McGowan was married October 3, 1865, to Ella Easton, daughter of Rev. John S. Easton, D. D., of the United Presbyterian church. Their marriage occurred in Scroggsfield, Carroll county, Ohio, where the father of Mrs. McGowan was engaged as pastor. The latter is now deceased, having died in Allegheny City, Penn., in 1878. Mr. and Mrs. McGowan have had five children, as follows: John E., Sarah D., Jeannette W., David and Helen, all of whom are living except Sarah D., who died aged ten months. Our subject and wife are consistent members of the United Presbyterian church. In politics the former is a republican. He has served one term as a member of the city council, and for the past seven years, he has been a member of the board of water works trustees. He issi a man of pleasing manner and address, and his business qualifications are of a very high order. Both in social and business circles he stands very high. He has been vice president of the Steubenville National bank since its organization. Samuel McKee, a highly respected citizen of Steubenville, was born in county Down, Ireland, August 15, 1821, son of William and Mary (Wilson) McKee. He spent his early siyears in his native county, laboring at farm work after he became old enough. In 1850 he started with his parents and brother and sister to America, but his father died while they were crossing the ocean. The mother and children came directly to Jefferson county, Ohio, and located on a farm in Steuben- 288 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. ville township. For a period of ten years after locating in Steubenville township, Mr. McKee gave his attention to farming and to the hauling of coal. In the fall of 1860 he opened a meat market at Steubenville, which he has since conducted, being at the present time one of its oldest and most reputable butchers. Mr. McKee was married in 1856, to Lizzie Brannigan, now deceased, also a native of Ireland, who came to America when she was about thirteen years of age. She bore to Mr. McKee six children: Mary, John, William, Anna, Hettie and Henry. Mr. MeKee is a member of the Presbyterian church, and he is a democrat in politics. John McKee, son of the above, was born at Steubenville, November 25, 1858. He has resided all his life in Steubenville, receiving his early education in the public school. He learned the butcher's trade with his father while a boy, and by the time he reached the age of fifteen he did all the buying for his father's market. At the age of twenty-one he entered into partnership with his father, and has since shared equally with him the profits of the business, which he has managed. He is a member of the K. of P., and in politics is a democrat. In July, 1889, he received his party's nomination for the office of sheriff of Jefferson county. Mr. McKee is well known in every part of the county, and wherever known he is very popular. He is recognized by all as an honest, enterprising young man. William D. McLaughlin, a prominent citizen of Steubenville, was born in that city November 3, 1837. He is the son of William and Nancy (Ramsey) McLaughlin. The father was born in county Down, Ireland, about 1791, and came to America with his parents, John and Mary (Douglass) McLaughlin, when he was twelve years old. The family, on reaching America, located at Pittsburgh, where the grandmother of our subject died in a few months, and his grandfather about two years later, the latter's death being caused by falling on the ice while attempting to cross the Allegheny river. The latter had three sons and one daughter, and two sons are living. William McLaughlin learned the trade of a saddler and harness maker at Pittsburgh, and at twenty-one years of age came to Steubenville, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1874. He was married four times successively, to Mary Riggs, Mary J. Ramsey, Nancy Ramsey, and Elizabeth J. Hill. The mother of our subject died before he was six months old. She was the daughter of John and Nancy (McGee) Ramsey, of Washington county, Penn. She had four brothers and three sisters, of whom three are living. Mr. McLaughlin resided all his life in Steubenville. In May, 1864, he entered the Union army in the one hundred day service, and served in Company B, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry. He received an honorable discharge, and on returning h0me, resumed farming near the city. In 1877 he helped to establish a fertilizer factory opposite Steubenville, in Brooke county, W. Va., and ran it successfully for several years. In August, 188§, he became the lessee and manager of the city opera house, which position he is filling in an acceptable manner. Mr. McLaughlin was married, April 2, 1866, to Jennie Lam- JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 289 bert, by whom he has six children: Mary E., Sally R., Jennie (deceased), William, Laura, and Cesarine G. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a member of the G. A. R., and he is a republican. He has served three terms as a member of the city council, and nearly nine years as a member of the school board, being its secretary four years of the time. William McMullen, of Steubenville, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, December 2, 1842. He is the son of Daniel and Sarah Elizabeth (Sands) McMullen, who were natives of Ireland. His father Al was a soldier in the Mexican war, and received a wound from the effects of which he died in New Orleans on his way home. In his youth William McMullen learned the trade of a shoemaker at Flushing. In 1860 he came to Steubenville, which has since been his home. In the spring of 1861 he entered the Union army, in Company H, Second Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he served three months, and then enlisted in Company H, First Ohio volunteer infantry, and served in it from October 7, 1861, until January 26, 1865. He was in the battles of Bull Run (first), Pittsburgh Landing, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Stone River, Perrysville, Resaca, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Strawberry Plains, and the siege and capture of Atlanta. He was captured June 1, 1864, in the battle of Stone Mountain, and was held a prisoner seven months, during five of which he was imprisoned at Andersonville. He was finally paroled and 0n January 26, 1865, he received an honorable discharge. During the two or three years which followed the war he c0mpleted a course in the Iron City Business college, of Pittsburgh. For a period of fifteen years he was engaged in floral pursuits. He finally retired from this and entered the grocery business, in which he is now engaged. August 4, 1869, Mr. McMullen was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew and Jane (Sands) King, natives of Ireland. Mrs. McMullen was born in Steubenville, in 1841. They have four children: Jennie B., who graduated from the Steubenville high school with the class of 1889; William K., Maggie M. and Matthew F. Mr. and Mrs. McMullen and children are members of the United Presbyterian church. He is a member of the G. A. R., and in politics is an ardent republican. Joshua Manly, an old and honored pioneer citizen of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Cecil county, Md., March 10, 1814. He is the son of William and Rachel (Jackson) Manly, both of whom were also natives of Cecil county, Md., and both were of English descent. His father and mother were the parents of thirteen children, and of these our subject was the twelfth, eleven reaching maturity, of whom seven were sons and of whom four are now living. When the subject of this sketch was but one year old, or in the year 1815, his parents emigrated from Cecil county, Md., to Steubenville, Ohio, where both his father and mother spent the remainder of their lives, and where he has resided ever since. His early education was obtained in private schools. At fourteen years of age he began to learn the brick mason's trade with a firm of contractors by the name of Shaw & Hukill. At fifteen years of age he was bound to these 19-B 290 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. men, and he served an apprenticeship of five years. After this was completed he remained with the same firm two years longer, making altogether eight years. He then engaged in business on his own responsibility, and for a period of over forty years he was one of the most prominent contractors in Steubenville. In connection with that pursuit he also, at different times, gave much attention to other branches of business. He was at one time a partner in a livery barn, and later on for one year he conducted a grocery store. Still later he became initiated into the business of purchasing, improving and selling real estate, and he finally became engaged in that business in connection with Horatio Garrett. For a great many years they did a very large business, and during the time they laid out three additions to the city of Steubenville. The partnership was dissolved in 1887, since which time Mr. Manly has given his attention to the management of the property interests in the city which are very extensive. He has, also, for a great many years, attended to the management of farming interests, having owned a farm on the hill, in the western part of the city, for about fifteen years, and having at times owned much other farm property. In all of his business ventures Mr. Manly has been very successful, and he is now orre of the most substantial men in Steubenville. He was married March 22, 1836, to Mary A. Alexander, who was also a native of Cecil county, Md., born in August, 1814. She bore to him two children: Civilla, who died in infancy, and Elizabeth A., who married Jesse S. Foster, formerly a druggist of Steubenville, but who is now deceased. Mrs. Mary A. Manly died in December, 1875, and in October, 1876, Mr. Manly was married to Mrs. Ann H. Powell, the widow of Ruel Powell. She died in April, 1888. Mr. Manly is a member of the Fifth Street Methodist Protestant church of Steubenville. In politics he is a republican. He has served as a member of the city council nine years and as a member of the board of water works trustees nine years. He also has served one year as street commissioner. He can say, however, what can be said by but few who have served in public capacities, and that is that he never asked a man to vote for him in his life. He has led strictly temperate life and has never been under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Mr. Manly is one of Steubenville's most distinguished and honored citizens, and wherever known he commands universal respect and esteem. In 1854 he was one of the organizers of the Union Cemetery association and he is now the only survivor of the original members. He has belonged to the association ever since it was formed and he is serving as its president. Judge John A. Mansfield, probate Judge of Jefferson county, Ohio, was born near Bloomfield, that county, September 20, 1854. His parents, Jacob Y. and Margaret (Deter) Mansfield, were also natives of Jefferson county, the former of Wayne, and the latter of Cross Creek, township. The father was born December 4, 1815, on the same farm upon which John A. was born, a farm which was entered by Thomas, the grandfather of Judge Mansfield, in 1798, and has been in possession of the family ever since. Thomas Mansfield was born in Maryland JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 291 in 1757. He was twice married, his first wife being Jane Shaw, and his second, Mary Hill. To both marriages were born twenty-one children, sixteen of whom were reared. Only one of the twenty-one children is now living, William Mansfield, of Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio. Jacob Y. Mansfield, who was born to the second marriage, was married three times; first, to Julia Ann Stringer, then to Margaret Deter, and lastly to Caroline Chambers, the second of whom is the mother of Judge Mansfield. The last is still living and resides at Steubenville. In all Jacob Mansfield had ten children, nine of whom are living. He died on the old Mansfield homestead near Bloomfield, July 5, 1871. The subject of this sketch was reared to the age of sixteen on the home farm. At that age he entered Hopedale college and attended three years. In October, 1877, he entered the law department of the university of Michigan, and attended two years, graduating in March, 1879. He was admitted to the bar in April, 1879, and in the following September entered upon the practice of law at Steubenville. He soon built up a lucrative practice, and became one of the leading members of that bar. In April, 1881, he formed a partnership with W. C. Ong, which existed two years. In August, 1883, he entered into partnership with W. A. Walden, which was dissolved by the removal of Mr. Walden from the city, January 1, 1886. In November, 1887, Mr. Mansfield was elected probate judge of Jefferson county, and took the office, which he has filled with much credit, in February, 1888. He was married August 30, 1877, to Miss Nettie Mansfield. He and wife are members of the Hamlin Methodist Episcopal church of Steubenville, and he is a member of the K. of P., and politically he is an ardent republican. Benjamin F. Matthews, a well-known citizen of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in the city in which he resides, October 22, 1848. He was the son of John and Ruth Ann (Kell) Matthews, the former a native of Carlisle, Penn., born in 1813, and the latter a native of Steubenville, Ohio, born in 1821. His parents who were married in 1845, are both living, their home being in Steubenville. They had a family of six children, of whom our subject was the second, of whom three were sons, and of whom four are now living. The maternal grandparents of our subject were John and Rebecca A. (McCorkle) Kell, who located in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1808, having come from Chester county, Penn. The subject of our sketch spent his early life in Steubenville. He began to learn the cigar maker's trade at about eleven years of age. This was finished in due time and the pursuit of it has been almost the sole occupation of his life. He has conducted a shop of his own about fifteen years, and he is now one of the leading cigar manufacturers of Steubenville. Mr. Matthews has been twice married, his first wife to whom he was married July 3, 1880, being Ella Sharp. She died less than a year after their marriage, and on the 3d day of April, 1882, Mr. Matthews was married to Mary A. Jones, daughter of David Jones, of Steubenville. Mr. Matthews has three children: Stella K., Pearl H. and Benjamin F., the first of whom was born to his first wife. Stella had a twin sister named Ella, 292 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. that died aged three months. Mr. Matthews is a prominent member of the I. 0. 0. F., and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. He is also a Knight of Labor and a republican in politics. He is an influential citizen and he is highly respected. John Matthews, of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Cumberland county, Penn., in May, 1813. He was the son of Jacob and Polly (Jacobs) Matthews, the former of whom was born near Harrisburg, Penn., and the latter was born in Perry county, Penn. He learned the trade of a cigar maker in his youth in Carlisle, Penn., and in 1832 he came to Steubenville, Ohio, with the family of William Bair. A few months later he went to Kentucky, where he remained about eight years. He then returned to Steubenville, where he has since lived. He has followed his trade pretty much all his life. He was married July 3, 1845, to Ruth Ann Kell, who was born in Steubenville, November 26, 1821. She was the daughter of John and Rebecca (McCorkel) Kell, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. They. were married in Chester county, Penn., July t, 'R00. They located in Ste ubenville, in a very early day, and here they both spent the remainder of their lives. The former died in the spring of 1848, and the latter died October 1, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews have had six children, as follows: Kate A., Benjamin F., Mary J., John K., George W. and Lizzie D., of whom John K. and George W. are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They are highly respected citizens. Prof. Enoch W. Matthews, principal of the Steubenville high school, was born lin Wells township, Jefferson county, Ohio, January 30, 1856. He is the so n of Alexander C. and Mary A. (Wilson) Matthews, who were born and married in Ohio county, W. Va. His father was born February 6, 1818, son of George Matthews, and his mother was born September 3, 1820, daughter of Dr. Job Wilson, formerly a prominent physician of Ohio county. They were married May 20, 1841, and had a family of thirteen children, of whom Prof. Matthews was the ninth. Four were sons; and eight are now living. The family located, about 1839, in Wells township, where the mother died February 5, 1886, and where the father still resides. Prof. Matthews was reared in Wells township, laboring upon the farm and attending district school. At eighteen he ventured upon his present profession, and after teaching one term in his home district and another in Tazewell county, Ill., he, at the age of twenty-one, entered the Illinois Wesleyan university, at Bloomington, and attended it one term. In 1877 he entered Bethany college of West Virginia in which completed a full classical course, graduating with honors, in 1881. He also completed a course in civil engineering during the same time. In the fall of 1881 he resumed the profession of a teacher, and in 1884 he accepted the pincipalship of of the Fifth ward grammar school of Steubenville. He held that position two years. For one year following he was assistant principal of the high school, and in the fall of 1888 he was promoted to the position of principal. Prof. Matthews was married, October 21, 1882, to Kerie West, daughter of James and Sarah West, formerly of Brilliant, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 293 Jefferson county, Ohio. They have one child, Enoch Lawrence Matthews, born November 4, 1883. Prof. Matthews and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Fraternal Mystic Circle, and politically he is a republican. Benjamin Maude, superintendent of Union cemetery of Steubenville, Ohio, and an esteemed and worthy citizen of that place, was born in Leeds, England, March 14, 1826. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Fawcett) Maude, who were born, reared and married in England, and who spent their entire lives in their native country. At the early age of eleven years he became' employed in a woolen factory, and he continued in this way all during his youth in his native country, and at the age of twenty-one, or in April, 1847, he emigrated to America. For one year after reaching this country he was employed in a woolen mill in Montgomery county, Md. He then, in 1849, came to Steubenville, Ohio, where he has resided ever since. Here he was employed in different woolen factories, and thus continued for a great many years. In April, 1881, he was elected, by a unanimous vote of the board, superintendent of Union cemetery, and he has occupied that positi0n in a very acceptable manner ever since. Mr. Maude has been twice married, his first wife being Mary Taggart. She bore him three children, two of whom, a pair of twins, lived only two days. The other is Elizabeth, who is the wife of Lewis L. Holroyd, of Steubenville. Mrs. Mary Maude died in October, 1869. In August, 1876, Mr. Maude was married to Rhoda Parrish, his present wife. She has borne him two children, Harry and Nannie, who are aged twelve and eight, respectively. Mr. Maude is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics he is a devoted member of the republican party. Mr. Maude is an honorable, upright man; his character is beyond reproach. As superintendent of Union cemetery he has given splendid satisfaction, it being the universal opinion that the place could not be filled by a better man. John S. Maxwell, a well-known citizen of Steubenville, is a native of that city, being a son of the prominent old residents, Thomas and Martha (Ramsay) Maxwell. His father, the son of Hamilton Maxwell, located in Steubenville in an early day, and gave his attention to the grocery business, and later to hotel keeping. In 1830 he removed to a farm five miles west of the city, where he farmed and conducted a country tavern, until his death a year later. His wife, a daughter of Margaret Ramsay, survived him until 1872, when she died at the same place. At fifteen years of age the subject of this sketch started out for himself and made his way to Washington city, where he obtained a situation as clerk in a dry goods store, and continued in that capacity about seven years. He then engaged in the business himself, and for a period of twenty years was one of the dry goods merchants of Washington city. Returning to Jefferson county, he resided for five years on a farm adjoining the old homestead, five miles west of the city. In order to give his children the advantage of better educational advantages he then removed to Steubenville. For the past ten years his attention has been given to the business of fire 294 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. insurance. Mr. Maxwell was married in Washington city, December 30, 1851, to Mary L. Wilson, who died April 3, 1876, leaving two children: Lizzie A., the wife of William J. McKinney, a jeweler of East Liverpool, Ohio, and Dr. Frank S. Maxwell, a prominent dentist of Steubenville. January 8, 1880, Mr. Maxwell was married to Tirzah E. Wylie, of Hancock county, W. Va., and they have two children: Clarence W. and John S. Mrs. Maxwell is the daughter of Andrew Wylie, a native of Hancock county, W. Va., who died in the eighty- fourth year of his age, in the same house in which he was born. In politics Mr. Maxwell is a republican. He has served as a member of the city council one term, during which he was chairman of the street committee. He has been a member of the board of education six years, during about two years and seven months of which time he was president of the board. He is a devoted church member, and at present holds the positions of deacon and trustee in the Second Presbyterian church of this city, of which his wife is also a member. Dr. F. S. Maxwell, a prominent young dentist of Steubenville, was born at Washington, D. C., July 15, 1859. He is the son of J0hn S. Maxwell, a well-known citizen of Steubenville, who removed to that city from Washington in 1867. Dr. Maxwell graduated from the Steubenville high school at seventeen years of age, after which he entered upon the study of dentistry, In September, 1878, he entered the Pennsylvania college of dental surgery of Philadelphia, in which he completed a full course, graduating in March, 1880. He then began the practice of his profession in the city of Philadelphia. In December, 1880, he removed to Steubenville, where he has actively and successfully practiced his profession ever since, being now one of Steubenville's leading dentists. Dr. Maxwell was married June 3, 1886, to Anna (Tracy) Means, daughter of Hon. Joseph Means, a former resident of Steubenville. Dr. Maxwell is a member of the Ohio Valley dental society, the Ohio state dental society, the Odontological society of western Pennsylvania, and of the American dental association, holding at present the position of secretary of the first named. Politically he is a republican. As a dentist he has shown himself to possess much skill, and in both social and professional circles he stands very high. Henry Ney Mertz, who for ten years past has been superintendent of the Stueubenville public schools, was born in Bellaire, Ohio, November 12, 1846. He is the son of George and Margaret C. (Nelson) Mertz, the former of whom, a native of Germany, came with his parents to America in childhood, and the latter of whom is a native of Bellaire, Ohio. His early life was spent on the farm upon which he was born, which is now occupied by the city of Bellaire. His early education was obtained in select schools, and later he attended the public schools of Bellaire two years. In the spring 0f 1864 he entered the Union army, having been enrolled in Company I, One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio volunteer infantry, on the 13th day of May. He served four months, receiving his discharge at Columbus in September. He participated in the engagement near Harper's Ferry, the J. H. MILLER JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 295 battles of Snicker's Ford and Winchester, besides many other skirmishes. Returning home, he labored on the farm, and during the winter of 1865-6 he completed a course in the Wheeling Business college. On January 1, 1867, he entered Hiram college, which he attended two years. In the fall of 1868 he entered Bethany college, and was graduated in the spring of 1870. At both Hiram and Bethany he was also engaged during part of the time as tutor, teaching Latin in the former, and mathematics in the latter. In September, 1870, he entered upon his professional career as superintendent of the public schools of Bellaire, remaining there one year. For eight years following this he was principal of the Ritchie public school at Wheeling. In the fall of 1879 he accepted the superintendency of the public schools of Steubenville, which position he has filled in an able and creditable manner during a period of ten years. Prof. Mertz was married July 17, 1873, to Jerusha E., daughter of John and Jerusha (Wardell) Wallace, early settlers of Steubenville. To this union have been born five children: Henry G., Earle W., Clark N., Nellie, and Fern W., of whom Nellie died, aged five months. Prof. Mertz and wife are members of the Christian church. He is a member of the G. A. R., and in politics he is a republican. Superintendent Mertz ranks among the leading educators of the state. As superintendent of the Steubenville public schools he is giving the same general satisfaction as has characterized his prevous work. In addition to an excellent text-book education, he possesses a very high literary training, is well versed in general history and has attained a high degree of proficiency in geology and botany. Judge John Huston Miller, a very prominent and much esteemed citizen of Steubenville, Ohio, and ex-judge of the common pleas courts, was born on a farm in Upper Mount Bethel township, about four miles west of Delaware Water Gap, Northampton county, Penn., January 30, 1813. He was the son of Amos and Elizabeth (Huston) Miller. His father was born in what is now Stroud township, Monroe C0., Penn., May 29, 1789, and was the son of Charles Miller, who was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, emigrated to America in early manhood, and married Mrs. Catharine Thomas, in Bucks county, Penn. She was a native of Bucks county, Penn., but her father was a native of Wales. Charles and Catharine Miller had a family of eleven children, of whom Amos Miller, the father of our subject, was the eighth. Their names were: John, Mary, William, Sarah, Thomas, Abel, Nancy, Amos, James, Catharine and Manasseh. Charles Miller was a farmer by occupation. He and wife both died in what is now Monroe county, Penn., the former in March, 1827, and the latter in 1838. Amos Miller was reared in his native township, and was married there to Elizabeth Huston, early in 1812. She was also a native of Stroud township, Northampton (now Monroe) county, Penn., born July 22, 1787, being the daughter of John Huston. She died in her native township November 16, 1828, leaving the following six children: John H., George H., Rebecca, Joseph, Charles and Mary, and it is a notable fact that all are still living, the youngest being now 296 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. sixty-three years of age. Another child that Was born to their marriage was named Amos. He died in 1822, aged fourteen months. In May, 1829, Amos Miller was married to Susan Schoch, who bore to him the following six children: Samuel, Catharine J., Amos, Anna M., Lewis and Thomas, all of whom are living except Amos, who died at Fort Scott in May, 1863, while in the service of his country. In about 1850, Amos Miller removed from Pennsylvania to Rock county, Wis., where he died, May 7, 1863. He was a wagonmaker by trade, but during the last half of his life he followed the vocation of a farmer. His second wife survived him until July 16, 1888, when she died in Floyd county, Iowa, in the eighty-ninth year of her age. When the subject of this sketch was six years old, his parents located in the village of Williamsburg, of Northampton county, Penn. Five years later they removed to Stroudsburg, the present county seat of Monroe county, Penn. Four years later they located on the old Miller homestead in Stroud township, mentioned above. John H. Miller received a good academic education, and before he was fifteen he became a teacher in the district schools. In 1832 he left home, went to Stroudsburg, Penn., and there engaged at the wagon maker's trade, which he had partially learned with his father. In 1837 he came westward to Steubenville, Ohio, and for a year he was engaged at carriage making. In the fall of 1838 he returned to Stroudsburg, Penn., and during the winter which followed, he taught the village school in that place. In the fall of 1839 he again came to Steubenville, and he has resided here continuously ever since. In the meantime he had entered upon the study of law, and in December, 1840, he was admitted to the bar. For about thirty years following this he devoted his whole time to the practice of law, and 0ccupied a prominent place in his profession. In January, 1870, he was appointed by Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes, judge of the common pleas courts, for the third sub-division of the eighth Ohio judicial district, which sub-division embraced Jefferson, Harrison and Turcarawas counties. He was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the election of Judge McIlvaine to be judge of the supreme court of the state. In 1871 Judge Miller was elected to the office, and served one full term of five years, making altogether six years' experience on the bench. On retiring from the bench he resumed his law practice and has continued in it ever since. Judge Miller was married March 4, 1841, to Ann C. Stokely, a native of Brownsville, Penn., being the youngest daughter of Col. Thomas Stokely, an officer of the Revolutionary war. Their marriage resulted in the birth of two children. They are George E. and Elizabeth S., both of whom reside in Steubenville, the latter being the wife of Henry W. Pratt. The wife of Judge Miller died September 5, 1882. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Her surviving husband is also a member of the same church. Politically he formerly affiliated with the whig party, but since 1856 he has been an ardent republican. Judge Miller is a man of fine intellect and superior intelligence. In the prime of life he possessed a fine physique, and notwithstanding his advancing age, it is but little marred. His JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 297 well-formed head and brilliant facial expression, united with his physique, make him a man of fine appearance and commanding presence. He has led an active life, and is now spending his declining years in comfort and happiness. Johnston Mooney of Steubenville, was born in Washington county, Penn., June 25, 1811, son of John and Mary (McVay) Mooney. His father, by occupation a farmer, was born in Maryland, and was the son of Johnston Mooney, who was a native of Ireland. His mother was a native of Washington county, Penn. When our subject was ten years old his parents removed from Pennsylvania to Jefferson county, and settled on a farm in Island Creek township, where his mother died in about 1838. His father survived a number of years, and died at the home of his son Jacob, in Union county, Ohio. At the age of sixteen the subject of this sketch began to serve an apprenticeship of three years at the tailor's trade, at Richmond, Jefferson county. Subsequently he went to Wellsville, Ohio, where he followed his trade one year. At twenty-one years he engaged in a tailoring business for himself, at the mouth of Big Yellow creek, in Jefferson county. He resided there about sixteen years, but retired from tailoring at the end of about four years, and during the remaining twelve years conducted a hotel. While there he cast his first presidential vote for Andrew Jackson, in 1832. In the fall of 1847 he was elected treasurer of Jefferson county, and in the spring of 1848 he removed to Steubenville, and on June I took charge of the office. He was re-elected in the fall of 1849, and served two full terms. In 1854 he accepted a position as passenger conduct0r on the Steubenville & Indiana railway, and he continued in that capacity for a period of twenty-two years, the name of the road during the time being changed to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railway. For the past ten years his attention has been given to the management of a large flour and feed store in Steubenville, which is the property of his son F. M. Mooney. Mr. Mooney was married January 15, 1835, to Elizabeth H. Murphy, a native of Hampshire county, Va., and daughter of John H. and Elizabeth (Hammond) Murphy, natives of the same county. Mr. and Mrs. Mooney had three sons: William H. Mooney, cashier of the Commercial bank of Steubenville; J0hn H. Mooney, an engineer of Mansfield, Penn., and Frank M. Mooney, proprietor of the Pearl flouring mills of Steubenville. After a married life of over fifty-two years, the wife of Mr. Mooney died, January 28, 1887. She was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which her husband is also affiliated. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and Encampment. He has been a resident of Jefferson county, Ohio, nearly seventy years, and the county has no more worthy or honored citizen. Frank M. Mooney, proprietor of the Pearl Flouring Mills, of Steubenville, was born in that city February 7, 1853, son of Johnston Mooney, above mentioned. He received his education in the public schools, in Scio college and in a normal academy of Allegheny county, Penn. At eighteen years of age he entered the employ of the bank- 298 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. ing firm of Sherrard, Mooney & Co., of Steubenville, and remained about four years. He then embarked in the flour and feed trade, and has conducted a business of that kind ever since. He has, also, for the past nine years given his personal attention to milling. In 1880 he became one of the proprietors of a mill on Seventh street, and was connected with it two years. In 1882 he purchased the Pearl Flouring Mills, on Market street, which in 1885 he provided with the new roller process at a cost of $10,000. He now has one of the best milling properties in this part of the country. Mr. Mooney was' married May 11, 1875, to Mary J., daughter of James Lindsey, of Steubenville. She died in November, 1879, leaving one child: Blanche S., who is now fourteen years of age. June 20, 1888, he was married to Carrie S., daughter of Edwin T. Richardson, formerly president of the Second National bank of Ravenna, Ohio. Mr. Mooney and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Mystic Circle and in politics he is democrat. He is a member of the board of education. George Moore, the present postmaster of 'Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Brooke county, Va. (now West Virginia), February 17, 1850. He was the son of Samuel and Martha (White) Moore, both of whom were also natives of Brooke county, Va., and both were of Irish descent. His father was born October 9, 1809, being the son of John Moore, a native of Ireland. He came to America, located near the present site of Independence, Penn., in which vicinity he spent the remainder of his life. The mother of our subject was born in January, 1826, being the daughter of Robert and Sarah White, both of whom were also natives of Ireland. They also were married in their native country, and emigrated to America and located in Brooke county, Va., in which both spent the rest of their lives. The father of our subject was a millwright by trade, and resided during his entire life in Brooke county, W. Va., his death occurring in 1867. His wife still survives, and at present resides with her son, the subject of this sketch. The latter was reared to manhood in his native country, and very early in life he learned the miller's trade, to which pursuit his attention was chiefly given until he took his present position. At nineteen years of age he removed from Brooke county, W. Va., to Steubenville, Ohio, and he has resided in the latter place ever since. Before coming to Steubenville, he had been tendered a situation with the large milling firm of Raney, Sheal & Co., and it was for the purpose of accepting it that he came. He continued with that firm from 1869 until 1886, beginning as second miller, but shortly after being promoted to the positions of book-keeper and salesman. He had the entire confidence of this well-known firm, and for many years before resigning his position it entrusted to him many important and responsible duties. March 18, 1886, he was appointed postmaster of Steubenville. He was commissioned as such on the 6th day of April following, and he has discharged the duties of that responsible position in an able and eminently satisfactory manner ever since. Mr. Moore was married October 8, 1873, to Anna M. Brashear, daughter of Basil and JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 299 Jane (Glenn) Brashear, formerly of Washington county, Penn. Mrs. and Frances L., of whom G. Nelson and Frances L. are living. Mr. Moore was born in that county in 1852. Their marriage has resulted in the birth of five children, as follows: Claude, G. Nelson, Ethel, Ada Moore and wife are members of the Presbyterian church; the former of whom is a member of the Masonic lodge, in which he has attained the degree of Knight Templar. He has filled all the positions in both the blue lodge and chapter, and has held a number of responsible positions in his commandery, being a past recorder and its present prelate. He takes great interest in Masonry, and is prominent in the Masonic circles of the state. In politics he is a democrat. He takes .an active part in local politics and uses every honorable instrumentality to promote the welfare of his party. In 1883 he was elected a member of the city council, overcoming a republican majority of 130, and receiving a democratic majority of forty- five. Mr. Moore is very favorably known both in his city and county, and socially, he is very popular. Justin G. Morris, deceased, formerly a prominent citizen of Steubenville, was born near Uniontown, Penn., January 1, 1814. He was married February 16, 1837, to Henrietta S. Taylor. In 1839 Mr. and Mrs. Morris located at Steubenville. Mr. Morris was, at one time, one of the editors and proprietors of the American Union. He served two terms as treasurer of Jefferson county, after which he was made secretary and treasurer of the Steubenville & Indiana railway, which position he held until his death on March 20, 1876. He was an active member of the First Presbyterian church, was an Odd Fellow, and in politics he was a democrat., Jones Munker, a pioneer clothing merchant and highly esteemed citizen of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 24, 1840. At seventeen years of age, or in 1857, he came unaccompanied by any relations to America, and, for one year, he was engaged in business in New York city. In 1858 he came to Steubenville, Ohio, where he has resided continuously ever since. Here he clerked for a few years, after which, in 1862, he engaged in the clothing and merchant tailoring business for himself, and he has conducted an establishment of that kind ever since, having, during the whole twenty-six years, occupied the same business room. He has been successful in business and has not only succeeded in building up a large trade, but also in winning the full confidence of the public. His business and s0cial standing are of the best, and no clothing house in this section of country has a more honorable reputation. Mr. Munker was married May 1, 1870, to Rebecca Lewenjood, who is a native of Boston, Mass. Their marriage has resulted in the birth of six children, all of whom are living. Mr. Munker is a member of the Masonic lodge and the Order of Druids. In politics he is a republican. He has served four terms as a member of the city council. Mr. Munker is one of Steubenville's most prominent and successful business men, and one of her most influential citizens. While in the city council he served seven years as its president. 300 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Matthew Nicholson, an old and honored native citizen of Steubenville, was born March 9, 1824, son of John E. and Mary (Myers) Nicholson. The mother was born on Peter's creek, in Pennsylvania, and removed with her parents to Steubenville, August 18, 1800, when she was five years old. Her father, son of James Nichols0n, a native of Ireland, spent the latter part of his life in Venango county, Penn., came to Steubenville at about twenty years 0f age, and here was married to Mary, daughter of Matthew and Eve (Figley) Myers, who were among the first settlers of Steubenville. By this marriage there were seven children, of whom Matthew was the fourth. Of these he and two sisters are now living. John E. Nicholson died March 13, 1865, and his wife died September 11, 1886, in the ninety- first year of her age. Matthew Nicholson worked s0mewhat at blacksmithing, the trade of his father, but at about sixteen years of age he took up brick making, which became his vocati0n. He worked as a journeyman until he reached the age of twenty-two, and then began the manufacture of brick on his 0wn responsibility, and until 1885, a period of nearly forty years, he was the leading brick manufacturer of Steubenville. He also gave much attention to the mining and delivery of coal, and as a contractor erected many of the substantial buildings of Steubenville. Mr. Nicholson was married to Helena Tredway, who was born in Wood county, W. Va., March 3, 1824. Her father, Henry H. Tredway, was born near Baltimore, Md., the son of Edward and Nancy Tredway, of Maryland. Her mother Sarah, daughter of George and Sarah Johnson, was b0rn in Hartford county, Penn. Mrs. Nicholson was the fourth in a family of eight children. She, two sisters and one brother survive. She was only eleven years old when her mother died, after which her father was married to Eliza Foley, who b0re to him six children, of whom tw0 sons are now living. He died about 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson have had nine children: George W., John H. (deceased), Andrew J., Mary E., John H., Ross, Frank, Baz and Charles M. In politics Mr. Nicholson is a republican. He started as a poor boy in a brick yard, and by leading a life of industry he has accumulated considerable property, which he and wife now enjoy in quiet and happy retirement, and their home on the hill south 0f the city, to which they removed in September, 1853. George W. Nicholson was born August 16, 1845, at Steubenville, and is the eldest child 0f Matthew and Helena Nicholson. His home all his life has been at Steubenville. He served about two years and eight months in the Union army, being for a year and two months a member of Company G, Thirtieth Ohio, and for about eighteen months was a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry. He was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga by a ball in the right knee joint, which proved very painful. His occupation has been that of a brick manufacturer. He was married, September 18, 1867, to Lucinda Campf, who has borne to him two children: Margaret J. and William G., both of whom are living. The former graduated from the Steubenville high school in June, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 301 1889. Mrs. and Mrs. Nicholson are members of the Episcopal church. In politics he is a republican. Andrew J. Nicholson, a prominent retail grocer of Steubenville, was born in that city September 8, 1849, son of Matthew and Helena Nicholson. At an early age he began to assist his father at brick making, and this received his attention until 1873. He then went to California where he remained nearly one year for the benefit of his health. On his return to Steubenville he engaged in the grocery business, in which he is now one of the foremost. He was married June 2, 1875, to Loretta, daughter of John and Margaret Bair, natives of Pennsylvania. Her father, now deceased, was born about 1808, son of John and Catharine Bair, with whom he removed to Harrison county, Ohio, when fourteen years of age. Her mother, now living at Steubenville, was born in 1812, the daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Hoobler, who brought her to Harrison county when she was one year old. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson have five children: Montford M., Bertrand (deceased), Cora B., Willard J. and Lizzie H. He and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church. In politics he is a republican. He has served as a member of the city council one term, and for two years he was a member 'of the board of health. Frank Nicholson, seventh child of Matthew and Helena Nicholson, is now an enterprising contractor and brick manufacturer, of Steubenville. He was born in that city, February 2, 1859. At the age of nine years he began to work in his father's brick-yard, and he continued with him until he was seventeen, when he went to Canton, Ohio, where he spent four years learning the brick mason's trade. Upon the day his apprenticeship was completed he returned to Steubenville, and at once took the contract to build a rolling mill at Mingo Junction for the Junction Iron company. For this he manufactured his own brick and completed the structure in first-class style. With that beginning he has continued in business as a contractor and brick manufacturer, and has done notable work, among which may be mentioned, the factory for the Jefferson Iron works, the United Presbyterian church of Steubenville, which cost $22,000, the George W. Alban residence, which cost $10,000, and Gould's tunnel, four miles west of Steubenville, on the line of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railway, which required 4,000,000 brick. Mr. Nicholson was married October 20, 1880, to Mary E. M., daughter of William Armstrong, one of Steubenville's oldest citizens. Mrs. Nicholson was born in Steubenville, October 20, 1861. They have had two children: Oliver A. and Howard, who died aged five months. Mr. Nicholson is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and the Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a republican. Charles M. Nicholson, a successful young business man and grocer of Steubenville, was born on the old Nicholson homestead just south of that city, December 17, 1867. He is the youngest child of Matthew and Helena Nicholson, whose history appears above. He was reared on the old home place, and attended school in Steubenville until he was sixteen. At a very early age he began to work in 302 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. his father's brick-yard, and he was thus employed when not in school, throughout his entire boyhood and youth. He continued in the brick business until he reached the age of twenty-one, and during the last year he followed it he manufactured brick on his own responsibility. On the 1st day of October, 1888, he engaged in the grocery business, and he has ever since conducted a st0re of that kind in a successful and profitable manner in the south part of the city. He was married July 4, 1889, to Lizzie M., daughter of Gustave and Mary Rarey, of Wintersville, Jefferson county. Mrs. Nicholson was born in Tilton-Tulle in the same county, August 18, 1868. In politics Mr. Nicholson is an ardent republican. Major John F. Oliver, of Steubenville, was born at the village of Clinton, Allegheny Co., Penn., November 15, 1830. He was the son of John and Jane (Flenniken) Oliver, who were born, reared and married in Washington county, Penn. His father, born March 1, 1792, was the son of Andrew Oliver, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America about 1787, and located in Washington county, Penn., where soon afterward he was married to a Miss Grimes. After his wife's death, in 1825, he removed lto Fayette county, Ohio, where he died shortly after. Capt. Oliver is the seventh of eleven children of his parents, of whom four are now living. In about 1817 his parents removed to Fayette county, Ohio, but ten years later, owing to the sickness then prevailing in that part of Ohio, they returned to Washington county shortly afterward, and removed to Clinton, Penn. By trade the father was a carpenter, but in later years gave considerable attention to mercantile pursuits and to hotel keeping. They resided at Sewickley and Allegheny City a number of years, and in 1854 removed to Steubenville, where they died, the mother in December, 1875, and the father in January, 1879. The early life of Capt. Oliver was divided between Clinton. Sewickley and Allegheny City. At sixteen years of age he entered Westminster college of Allegheny City, which he attended one year. Subsequently he attended the Western university of Pennsylvania two years. When not in school, he worked in his father's livery barn which the latter conducted in connection with his hotel. In 1852 he went to California where, for two years, he was engaged at mining and the transportation of freight. The trip to California was made across the plains and he walked the entire distance from the Missouri Jiver to Sacramento City. In the fall of 1854 he returned home by way of Nicarauga, and after a brief visit in Allegheny City, located at Steubenville. Here he entered upon the study of law, and spent two years in the office of Stanton & McC0ok. In December, 1856, he was admitted to the bar, and he at once began the practice of his profession in Steubenville. In 1857 he was elected city solicitor, and served two years. In 1859 he was elected mayor of the city and was re-elected in the spring of 1861, but in the following June he resigned to enter the Union army. He raised Company F, Twenty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, of which he served as captain two years. In May, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of major, but shortly afterward he was appointed provost marshal of the seventeenth JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO - 303 Ohio district by Secretaty Stanton, and with headquarters at Alliance, he served in that capacity until the fall of 1865. During that time he put into the service about 2,500 men. For several years after the close of the war he was engaged in the real estate business at Alliance, and in the spring of 1872 he was elected mayor of that city. He resigned the office, however, in the spring of 1873, and returned to his old home. Here he became engaged as a broker and real estate dealer. In 1875 he was again elected mayor of Steubenville, and served two years. In the fall of 1878 he removed to East Liverpool, Ohio, where he had a temporary residence five years, engaged in mercantile pursuits. In the fall of 1883 he returned to Steubenville, and has since conducted a large book and stationery establishment on Market street. He has served as a member of the board of education since the spring of 1884, and for the past three years has been president of the board. Mr. Oliver was married May 16, 1861, to Catharine L., daughter of Col. Richard Hooker, by whom he had four children: John C., Jane F., Campbell H., and James A. (who died in infancy) . The mother of these children died August 27, 1879, and on November 15, 1882, Mr. Oliver was married to Caroline, daughter. of the late James Turnbull. Mr. Oliver is a member of Edwin M. Stanton post, No. 166, G. A. R., and he is a devoted republican. Mr. Oliver is well known throughout the upper Ohio valley, and wherever known he commands respect and esteem. Hon. Henry Opperman, ex-mayor of the city of Steubenville, was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, September 12, 1829. He is the son of John and Catharine (Sengelaub) Opperman, by whom he was reared to the age of sixteen in his native country. He attended school until fourteen, and after that age worked upon his father's farm until, in 1847 he accompanied his father, mother and two brothers to America, landing at New York city on May 21. The family arrived at Pittsburgh, Penn., June 12, and after a residence of about four months there, they settled in the vicinity of Ore Hill blast furnace, on the Alleghany river in Armstrong county, Penn. There they remained three years, during which time the subject of this sketch learned the carpenter's trade. In the spring of 1850 they removed to Sharpsburg, Penn., where during the following summer he was employed in a rolling mill. In the fall of 1850 the family returned to Pittsburgh, where the father died April 3, 1853. Henry Opperman remained there about one year, working at the carpenter's trade. Early in 1851 he returned to the former home in Armstrong county, where he followed his trade about seven months, and for three years afterward he worked at his trade at another blast furnace, in the same county. While there he was married June 15, 1852, to Anna G. Krausharr, a native of Hesse Cassel, who came with her parents to America in 1851. In 1854 Mr.. Opperman removed to Chester, Randolph county, Ill., where he resided four years, conducting a carpenter and wagon shop. In 1858, he returned to Armstrong county, Penn., where he continued at his trade until 1861. In that year he located in Pittsburgh. There he was employed in Laughlin's blast furnace until 1863, when he removed to